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Images: Nicolas Lampert, Eric Drooker and Marsha Shaw
The New York Society of Etchers is spearheading an ambitious country-wide series of print exhibitions featuring political graphics. With an amazing 50 exhibitions in the initiative, you’re sure to find one (reasonably) nearby. You can also tour their Virtual Exhibition.
   
Image: Meghan Sbertoli and Eric Santoy
The Franks, PEACE OK ROCK ON, X-ray photos in light boxes
David Weinberg Gallery is presenting Who Gets What: A Political Show, opening Friday
September 5, 2008 from 5-8pm.
This show will act as a catalyst to open dialogue during this politically significant time. Taking on issues of race, stereotypes, war, middle-class culture, consumption and fear, our group of 7 artists, featuring 4 from Chicago, utilize their unique forms of visual communication to transcend polarizing rhetoric in order to expose the relevance of our deeper common concerns.
Artists included are David Opdyke, Lisa Solomon, Sonja Thomsen, Peter and Marilyn Frank; aka, The Franks, and introducing Krista Wortendyke and Michael Ratulowski. There will be an artist talk featuring Wortendyke and Ratulowski along with a curators tour on Saturday October 11 from 11am to noon in conjunction with Chicago Artist Month.
The show runs through October 18, 2008.
David Weinberg Gallery is located at 300 W Superior Street Suite 203, Chicago IL 60654 P:312.529.5090
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